2017 Round 12 Blacktown City V Hakoah Sydney City East
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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE PS4 NPL VNSW MEN’S ROUND 12 • LILYS 3PM • SUNDAY FOOTBALL CENTRE 28TH MAY 2017 FIXTURES TEAM LISTS MATCH PREVIEW TEAM OF THE WEEK WELCOME #PS4NPLNSW FROM THE n behalf of Blacktown City FC, we would were well structured. He also commented that Olike to welcome our members, supporters, there weren’t many chances in the first half and players to our home ground Lilys Football but felt that the team had a few chances in the Centre for today’s Round 12 match against second half to take the lead. In the end a draw Hakoah Sydney City East FC. was a true reflection of the game. This week is Heritage Round and we would Our 18s recorded a 2-1 loss. Coach Nick Verdos like to thank all former players, coaches & said that it was disappointing not to get any administration that have helped shape this points out of a match that we dominated for historic club to where it is now. To our Under the most part. He also said that the team 12s players who are acting as ball boys & also will need to regroup and bounce back to the to the parents who are volunteering a big winners circle this week. thank you from the club. Again thanks to all our sponsors and partners First Grade recorded a 0-0 draw last week, in for their continued support. a very tough encounter with Sydney United 58 FC. Assistant coach Luke Roodenburg was Best of luck to our Youth teams who are disappointed not to get the win, but it seemed playing against Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC and no team wanted to lose. The game was very also our SAP teams who are playing against defensive and in the end a draw was a fair Blacktown Spartans FC this weekend. result. Enjoy a great day of football and we hope On Wednesday 31st May we play our Round 7 to see you again at our next home game in FFA Cup match against Bulli FC, and hope that Round 14 on Sunday 11th June, when we host the team can get through and advance to the Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC. final 32. Kind Regards Our 20s also had a 0-0 draw to Sydney United Chris Michael last week. Coach John Carnevale said that it Business Development & Marketing Manager was a typical 2nd v 3rd clash and both teams Blacktown City Football Club Website: bcfc.com.au Phone: (02) 9674 5763 Twitter: @blacktowncityfc Facebook: fb.com/blacktowncityfc Instagram: @blacktowncityfc 2 MAJOR SPONSORS S B # NAME S B # NAME 1 PRENDERGAST Tristan 1 (GK) BOUZANIS Anthony 3 SPERANZA Giorgio 2 WOLANSKI Remy 4 SPERANZA Roberto 3 EZEKIEL Robert 5 LYNCH Grant 4 WALKER Bradley 6 LEWIS Matt 5 BLUMBERG Dylan 8 ARAUJO Daniel 6 DRAPER Cameron 9 GIBBS Joey 7 LEKOSKI Alek 10 EVANS Connor 8 ORGAD Paul 11 CHOI Danny 9 JABLONSKI Neil 12 ANDREW James 10 DE JONG Andre 14 MALLIA Mitchell 11 MUNDELL Jordan 15 D’CUNHA Shayne 12 GREEN Jack 17 BEUMIE Lewis 14 FRANGIE Anthony 19 CAIRNCROSS Zach 15 BEREVESKOS Dean 20 SYMES Matt 16 GREEN Oliver 21 CHUN Ken 17 SWEET Gideon 22 KONAGAYA Yuta 18 JONES Harry 19 RAE Gavin 33 SHADDOCK Connor Coach: Mark Crittenden 36 JONES Lee Assistant Coach: Luke Roodenburg Manager: Graham Crawhall Head Coach: Gavin Rae Assistant Coach: Zlatko Arambasic Assistant Coach: Alex Robertson Manager: Brian Ree Referee: A. Arndt Assistant Referees: J. Adabjou & R. Osborne 4th Official: B. Wright FIRST GRADE NPLNSW.COM.AU MATCH lacktown City FC held strong last round Bagainst a relentless Sydney United 58 to record a hard fought draw and will be looking to go one better when Hakoah Sydney City East come to Lilys Football Stadium Mark Crittenden’s City side have been pace setters this season and will be determined to make up for their last gasp 1-1 draw with Hakoah in Round 1. James Andrew has been an inspired signing for Blacktown this season and will once again be an attacking for City on the left wing. Hakoah will look to once again build on their reputation as PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s competition giant killers with another upset result. Any slip up from Blacktown and Hakoah will surely punish their opposition’s mistakes. 1ST GRADE - PLAYSTATION 4 NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 11 8 0 3 25 11 14 24 2 Blacktown City FC 11 7 3 1 21 11 10 24 3 Sydney United 58 FC 11 7 1 3 23 11 12 22 4 Sydney Olympic FC 11 6 3 2 16 10 6 21 5 Rockdale City Suns FC 11 6 2 3 23 18 5 20 6 Manly United FC 11 5 3 3 26 21 5 18 7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 11 4 4 3 19 15 4 16 8 Wollongong Wolves FC 11 4 1 6 11 16 -5 13 9 Sydney FC 11 3 1 7 17 24 -7 10 10 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 11 2 2 7 20 33 -13 8 11 Sutherland Sharks FC 11 2 0 9 16 29 -13 6 12 Parramatta FC 11 1 2 8 13 31 -18 5 5 FIRST GRADE #PS4NPLNSW Blacktown City FC 0 - Sydney United 58 FC 0 at Lilys Football Stadium Blacktown City has held out a rampant Sydney United 58 in the PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Round 11 fixture at Lilys Football Centre. The Reds came into the game coming off a seven-game winning streak and at times looked like they would topple the competition’s best. However, City maintained a strong defensive game and were able to keep them out before nearly stealing it on several occasions. It was a fierce PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s Grand Final rematch with both side’s surely happy to take home a point. Manly United FC 1 - Hakoah Sydney City East FC 1 at Cromer Park Manly United had to dig deep to snatch a point in a 1-1 PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues NSW Men’s draw against Hakoah on Saturday night at Cromer Park. Warren Grieve’s squad have been hammered by injuries in recent weeks, but it didn’t excuse their first half performance - it was undoubtedly their worst of 2017. Anthony Frangie put Hakoah in the lead after 20 minutes but a second half strike from Nikola Taneski ensured the home side took a point from the clash. 6 ROUND 11 TEAM OF THE 01: LARGE USE: OVER 150MM WIDE This logo has a smaller ‘®’ symbol 02: FOOTBALL NSW WOULDSMAL LIKEL USE: TO55MM THANK - 150MM WID THEIRE SPONSORS FOR THEIRThis CONTINUED logo has a larger ‘ ®SUPPORT’ symbol 7 FEATURE STORY #PS4NPLNSW WALKING DOWN Before I moved from Auckland, New Zealand League and Aussie rules were the most popular to Sydney many moons ago, my impression winter games, the games for the masses. And of Australian sporting culture was rather one finally, there was football - working class to the core dimensional and naive. but often regarded as the black sheep on the local My viewpoint was purely based on what I’d seen of sporting landscape. Australian national teams in sports such as rugby Why? Because unlike the others, football was union, rugby league and netball, codes that enjoy a the one and only sport that truly represented popular following in my homeland. the multicultural melting pot that is modern day Back then, whenever New Zealand lined up against Australia. Australia in each of these sports, those who wore I even turned out for a South American side in the green and gold were predominantly white an Ethnic Cup tournament (apparently my Maori Australians of British heritage. Players with names genes gave me the look required to qualify for like Shaw, O’Connor, Lynagh and Hawker. Rogers, the team) and couldn’t believe the popularity of Cronin and Reddy. To me, that was normal. the event and the technical brilliance showed by the Latinos and continental Europeans. The Brits Australian football (soccer) meanwhile, was weren’t too bad either and part-timers or not, the completely different. talent on display was astounding. As a youngster, my first sporting love was football Fast forward to 1996 and I’m a rookie (soccer). I played for Mt Wellington, one of the most photojournalist earning a crust contributing words successful clubs in the country, and represented and pictures to a weekly rag called Inside Soccer. As Auckland at the Under 16 nationals. part of my beat, I don’t miss a home game involving I remember watching my senior team, the national NSL giants Sydney United, Sydney Olympic and league champions of New Zealand, play a Trans- Marconi Stallions. Tasman challenge match against Australian NSL I also cover various games in the NSW state champions Marconi. I also remember looking leagues, visiting clubs such as Blacktown City, through the match program and noting that while Bonnyrigg White Eagles, APIA Leichhardt Tigers, every Mt Wellington player was of Anglo-Celtic Manly, Melita, Rockdale and Sutherland. heritage (plenty of Poms and Scots in that lineup), the Stallions’ team was very different. European I gradually learn the storied histories of clubs that names such as Prskalo, Jankovics, Krncevic and were established by ethnic communities as long Vieri jumped off the page and hit me squarely ago as the 1950s, when an avalanche of European between the eyes.